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Statue of "Mr. Pickwick", Eleazer Pickwick, a character from Charles Dickens's "Pickwick Papers" novel. It stands outside the Aldrich Public Library in Barre (pronounced "Barry"), Vermont

Vermont · 1850–1939

Statue of "Mr. Pickwick", Eleazer Pickwick, a character from Charles Dickens's "Pickwick Papers" novel. It stands outside the Aldrich Public Library in Barre (pronounced "Barry"), Vermont, Vermont, 1850–1939
Statue of "Mr. Pickwick", Eleazer Pickwick, a character from Charles Dickens's "Pickwick Papers" novel. It stands outside the Aldrich Public Library in Barre (pronounced "Barry"), Vermont, Vermont, 1850–1939. Libraries — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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